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Slim, A., Sarah, O., Kadhim, K., Ali, B., Hammood, A & Othman, B. (2021). The effect of information technology business alignment factors on performance of SMEs.Management Science Letters , 11(3), 833-842.
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Luftman, J., & Brier, T. (1999). Achieving and sustaining business-IT alignment. California Management Review, 42(1), 109-122.
Luftman, J., Lyytinen, K., & Zvi, T. B. (2017). Enhancing the measurement of information technology (IT) business alignment and its influence on company performance. Journal of Information Technology, 32(1), 26-46.
Majstorović, D. (2016). (Un) doing feminism in (post)-Yugoslav media spaces. Feminist Media Studies, 16(6), 1093-1108.
Malyzhenkov, P. V., & Ivanova, M. I. (2017). An architectural approach to IT-business alignment. Business Informatics, 3, 56-64.
Marrone, M., & Kolbe, L. M. (2011). Uncovering ITIL claims: IT executives’ perception on benefits and Business-IT align-ment. Information Systems and e-Business Management, 9(3), 363-380.
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Rezaei, J., Ortt, R., & Trott, P. (2018). Supply chain drivers, partnerships and performance of high-tech SMEs: An empirical study using SEM. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 67(4), 629-653.
Rigoni, D., Polezzi, D., Rumiati, R., Guarino, R., & Sartori, G. (2010). When people matter more than money: an ERPs study. Brain research Bulletin, 81(4-5), 445-452.
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Sekaran, U., & Bougie, R. (2016). Research methods for business: A skill building approach. John Wiley & Sons.
Shamekh, F. R. (2008). Business-IT strategic alignment concept in theory and practice (Master's thesis).
Sher, P. J., & Lee, V. C. (2004). Information technology as a facilitator for enhancing dynamic capabilities through knowledge man-agement. Information & management, 41(8), 933-945.
Sledgianowski, D., & Luftman, J. (2005). IT-business strategic alignment maturity: A case study. Journal of Cases on Information Technology (JCIT), 7(2), 102-120.
Stamper, T. (2012). Measuring the correspondence between business-IT alignment and Poelen, E. J. S (2017). The Implications of Business-IT Alignment for Business Value of IT.
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